Millions Of Condoms Seek Owner

[matcom]

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - It could be the perfect gift for the wildly ambitious Casanova.

More than three million condoms -- available in a range of colors, sizes, types and flavors -- will go on sale in South Africa Tuesday after the German-built factory that made them folded.

"This sale has attracted all types from large international wholesalers to a couple of eternal optimists," said Balix Manxgaba, group director of Auction Alliance, which is handling sealed bids for the surplus stock.

The condom factory was built as a joint venture as part of a complex arms purchase deal which saw South Africa award Germany a $594 million contract to build submarines.

Its construction was hailed in a country with the world's biggest HIV (news - web sites)/AIDS (news - web sites) caseload.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=573&e=2&u=/nm/20040223/od_nm/odd_safrica_condoms_dc

[Kamika]

1. that's sad

That a condom factory would fold in one of the worst Aids countries in the world

[Voice_of_Europe]

3. Nice idea... wrong cultural environment

seems only logic to me...

Their AIDS rate is not so high because they don't HAVE condoms...

It's because the don't want or even KNOW about condoms.
It's their mindset. They don't even think of it... they don't even care if the girl gets pregnant or not.

This of course makes it hard to sell them...
Fewer sells make the product more expensive...
And so on...


To build a condom factory is a nice idea... too bad it didn't work

[Elidor]

2. Are you asking us to take up a collection for you, Matcom?

I'll pledge a dollar. :evilgrin:

Condoms for Matcom! Everybody chip in!
Otherwise there will be mini-Matcoms!

[Algorem]

4. Spurting figures may cause a ballooning business.

[ConcernedCanuk]

5. LOL - I misread it - "the German-built factory that made them folded."

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I thought some manufacturer "folded" the durn things -

so they were harder to use than the "rolled" ones !!

:silly: